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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting to establish a dedicated web portal for promotion of Audio Visual Services in India
The Film Facilitation Office is in the process of establishing a dedicated web portal that will disseminate information on filming locations and the facilities available in India for production/post production. Accordingly, the portal will help potential production companies looking to shoot in India to obtain permissions, explore potential benefits  and obtain an overview of various locations in India that could benefit the storyline of the film under consideration.
Application - The portal will facilitate the acceptance of application for shooting feature films / TV & Web Reality shows and series and / or TV & Web shows and series in India, along with online payments and issuing permissions. Foreign Audio Visual Agencies intending to shoot documentary films / AV commercials in India would link to the Ministry of External Affairs  Web portal.
Locations – The portal would also provide information on locations and link to all State portals. It would capture detailed information pertaining to a particular location, resources or facilities available in a standardized format that would include basic location description, map, best time to shoot, connectivity, photographs, digital walk tour, permissions required, previous movies shot etc.
Enlisting of Information - The portal would provide information on all Co-production treaties, shooting guidelines of various Central and State agencies, permission process, link to all trade associations.
Resources and Facilities Directory - The portal would have a holistic database of the resources available in the Indian film industry including DOP, cast, crew, casting agents, line producers, service / facility providers as well as producers. This would not only help build reliability for the Indian producers who shoot abroad but also enhance their profile internationally, thus leading to greater international tie-ups and engagements. It will also link all trade associations like Producers Guild, FFI, CII, FICCI, etc.
Co-production of Films: Financial incentives will be provided to film makers for production of films under Audio Visual Co-production treaties other countries. Support for funding will be taken from the dedicated corpus funds. Policy guidelines for optimum and effective use of funds are being prepared.
These are main activities to be undertaken by the Films Wing of the Ministry of I&B, Gov. of India, as a Champion Sector .
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Ministry of Women and Child Development
Government announces 11 chairs in the name of eminent women in various fields of Science & Technology
On the occasion of National Science Day yesterday, Government has announced 11 chairs in the name of eminent Indian women scientists in various fields to inspire, encourage, empower women and give due recognition to young women researchers excelling in various fields.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has announced several schemes for Women’s Empowerment and the proposal is in line with theme for this year’s National Science Day - ‘Women in Science’.
The 11 Chairs have been instituted in various areas of research including Agriculture, Biotechnology, Immunology, Phytomedicine, Biochemistry, Medicine, Social Sciences, Earth Science & Meteorology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics & Fundamental Research.
One of the chairs constituted is under the name of the noted anthropologist Dr IrawatiKarve.
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Dr. Archana Sharma  Renowned cytogenetist
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Dr. Janaki Ammal  The Pioneering Botanist
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Dr. Ashima Chatterjee  Chemist Par Excellence
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Ministry of Coal
Coal India Ltd Has Sufficient Stock For Non-Power Sector; Presently Supplies 3.4 Lakh Ton Coal Per Day
Efforts On To Further Step Up Supply
Coal India Limited  is currently supplying around 3.4 Lakh tonnes of coal per day to non-power sector  which is the company’s average supply to this segment. With more than 37 million tonnes  of coal at its pitheads CIL aims to further step up supplies to this sector. CIL’s despatch to NPS during April-January FY’22 at 101.7 million tonnes  was up by 8.2 per cent compared to 94 MTs in corresponding period of a standard pandemic free FY’20. For comparable period of even FY’19, when CIL recorded the highest ever total coal despatch since its inception, supply to NPS sector grew by 11 per cent over 91.5 MTs.
Growth in supplies to NPS customers was at a higher rate than the supplies to the power sector during this period. In April’20-January 21 despatch to NPS segment at 105 MTs was higher by a little over 3 MTs compared to same period of FY’22. The reasons for increased despatch during the Covid ravaged year were several.
As coal intake for major part of FY’21, witnessed demand disruption caused by Covid, CIL scaled up supplies to NPS segment. Further, NPS customers also opted to lift higher volumes of coal as CIL‘s e-auction sales were capped at notified price for the first half of FY 2021.The NPS imports around 170 MTs of coal in any given fiscal for blending with domestic coal. But in FY’22 the unusually high international coal prices proved to be a hindrance for importing requisite quantity giving rise to scarcity of coal at their end. CIL has sufficient buffer stock to further increase supply to non-power sector.
FY’22 has witnessed an unprecedented surge in power generation, the growth rate being the highest in a decade, necessitating the need to meet the power sector’s coal demand on a national priority. Riding on robust economic recovery total coal-based power generation till January’22 of the fiscal in progress grew by 11.2% on year-on-year comparison. Whereas domestic coal-based generation was up by 17% during this period. Bulk of the coal supply to power sector was met by CIL on priority.
In a sharp contrast power generation by14 imported coal-based power plants was down by 48 percent during April-January 2021-22. Meeting the resultant generation gap fell on domestic coal-based generators requiring enhanced indigenous coal supply. CIL supplied to the tune of around 20 MTs of this additional demand. In other words, imports were curtailed to that extent.
Despite prioritization of coal to power sector and facing other challenges, CIL at 101.7 MTs till January FY’22 supplied 97% of same period last year’s quantity to NPS customers.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
NRA expected to conduct CET from September,2021 onwards: DrJitendra Singh
The Union Minister of State , Development of North Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, DrJitendra Singh in a written reply in Lok Sabha today that NRA is expected to conductCommon Eligibility Test  from September,2021 onwards.
Government has set up National Recruitment Agency  vide order dated 28.08.2020, as an independent, professional, specialist organization for conduct of computer based online common eligibility test  to shortlist candidates for vacancies of Group 'B' Non-Gazetted posts, Group 'B' Gazetted posts, which are exempted from consultation with the Union Public Service Commission ; Group ‘C’ posts in the Government and equivalent posts  in instrumentalities of the Government, for which similar eligibility conditions have been prescribed. NRA has been set up to provide the same platform to all candidates at the nearest District HQ and with a view to set a new standard of equity and inclusiveness in recruitment.
NRA will conduct CET to screen/shortlist candidates for jobs in Government sector for which recruitment is presently carried out through the Staff Selection Commission , Railway Recruitment Boards  and Institute of Banking Personnel Selection .NRA will conduct only preliminary screening of candidates. The final recruitment will be done through domain specific examinations/tests to be conducted by respective agencies viz. SSC, RRBs and IBPS. Based on the score obtained in CET conducted by NRA, candidates may appear in domain specific exam/tests to be conducted by respective recruitment agencies.
NRA would identify language experts to translate the question bank/paper in all regional languages included in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution, as per requirement and subject to adequate number of candidates opting to take test in the regional language.
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PIB Headquarters
Natural remedy for hypertension: CMFRI develops product from seaweeds
In a major development in utilizing the medicinal prospects of marine organisms, the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute  has now come up with a nutraceutical product from sea to combat hypertension. The product, CadalminTM Antihypertensive extract , was developed from seaweeds, which are commonly available in the Indian coastal waters and are known for their extraordinary medicinal properties.
Bioactive pharmacophore leads from seaweeds were used to develop this product, which can be administered orally to regulate hypertension that is one of the risk factors for strokes, heart attacks, heart failure, and arterial aneurysm, and is a leading cause of chronic kidney failure. This is sixth in the series of the nutraceutical products developed by CMFRI. The institute has already developed and commercialised natural products for diseases such as diabetes, arthritis, cholesterol and hypothyroid.
Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary, Department of Agriculture Research and Education and Director General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research  released the product at a function held at CMFRI.
“The extract contains 100% natural marine bioactive ingredients from selected seaweeds by a patented technology, and would be made available in 400 mg capsules. This nutraceutical does not have any side effects as established by detailed preclinical trials. CadalminTM Antihypertensive extract is the only product made by 100% natural marine bioactive ingredients from seaweeds as a natural remedy of hypertension”, said Dr Kajal Chakraborty, Senior Scientist at CMFRI who developed the product.
Dr A Gopalakrishnan, Director, ICAR-CMFRI said that entrepreneurs and start-ups are welcome to upscale and market this product by expression of interest  with CMFRI. “The institute is in the process of developing more health products from the underutilized seaweeds. Efforts are on for standardizing and promoting seaweed farming all along the Indian coasts as a livelihood option for the coastal communities. This is expected to compensate for the dip in income for the fishermen during lean seasons”, he said.
Dr J K Jena, DDG , ICAR presided over the function. Welcoming the gathering, Dr T V Sathianandan, Head of the Fishery Resources Assessment Division, ICAR-CMFRI proposed vote of thanks.
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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Sports Ministry approves Rs 2 Lakh assistance to 2011 Arjuna Award winner V Tejaswini Bai
The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports  has approved an amount of Rs 2 Lakh for Karnataka's V Tejaswini Bai, who won the Arjuna Award in 2011 and was a member of the Women’s Kabaddi team that won gold medals at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games respectively.
The financial assistance has been approved from the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare Fund for the Sportspersons, under the ongoing jointly collaborated initiative from the Sports Authority of India, Indian Olympic Association and the MYAS to support ex-international athletes and coaches amid ongoing Covid-19.
Tejaswini and her husband contracted Covid-19 on May 1. While she has a little cough but is on the path of recovery at home, her husband Naveen succumbed to the virus on May 11. “He was just 30 but he was panicking a lot after the death of his father. It was the fear and stress that took his life,” Tejaswini mentioned. On the financial assistance, she added, “I was not expecting this but the Sports Ministry, SAI and IOA took very prompt action to take this decision of giving us the assistance. This is the first time that we have been given such support. Many people like us have financial problems and if we get the proper help, it feels good.”
Tejaswini informed that she came to know about the initiative from the Karnataka Sports committee member and former Arjuna Awardee Mr Honnaappa Gowda and now wants to invest the money to safeguard the future of her child. “I have to take care of my 5 months old baby and also invest on her future from this money. I am the only parent now and will have to do something for my child,” she said.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s maintains its high Recovery Rate: total Recoveries cross 27 lakh
Recovered Patients are more than 3.5 times the Active Cases
With more patients recovering and being discharged from hospitals and home isolation , India's COVID-19 total recoveries have crossed 27 lakh today. Recovery of 27,13,933 patients has been made possible because of effective implementation of the Centre conceived and led policy of TESTING aggressively, TRACKING comprehensively through timely surveillance of close contacts,& TREATING effectively through a widening medical care infrastructure across the country.
With the recovery of 64,935 cases in the last 24 hours, India's Recovery Rate amongst the COVID-19 patients has improved to 76.61% and is demonstrating a continuous progress. The number of patients recovering is on a steady rise over the past several months.
The number of recoveries in India today exceeds the active cases by 3.55 times.
India has posted nearly 19.5 lakh  recoveries more than the active cases . The record high recoveries have ensured that the actual caseload of the country viz. the active cases, continues to decline and currently comprises only 21.60% of the total positive cases. This has aided the fast widening gap between the number of patients recovered and the active cases.
Timely and effective clinical management of the patients in critical care through a slew of holistic measures has been instrumental in keeping the Case Fatality Rate low and on a steady downward trajectory. It has further dipped to 1.79% today.
For all authentic & updated information on COVID-19 related technical issues, guidelines & advisories please regularly visit: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/ and @MoHFW_INDIA.
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In case of any queries on COVID-19, please call at the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare helpline no.: +91-11-23978046 or 1075 . List of helpline numbers of States/UTs on COVID-19 is also available at https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/coronvavirushelplinenumber.pdf
Ministry of Science & Technology
Lessons learnt from COVID 19 crisis being incorporated in ongoing as well as in future programmes & policies: DST Secretary
Department of Science & Technology Secretary, Professor Ashutosh Sharma highlighted that the crisis created by the pandemic has taught us many lessons, and the lessons are being incorporated in all ongoing programmes as well as in future policies and programmes, at a lecture on the Growth of S&T during 21st Century and the COVID-19’.
“The pandemic COVID-19 has greatly disrupted the normal life and business, but it has also given us an opportunity to look at things differently and be self-dependent in future to tackle such sudden challenges. Before COVID-19, we were exporting most of the health care products that we could have produced in India, but now we ourselves are producing most of the items. We are not dependent on importing these items from abroad, paving the way towards Atmanirbhar Bharat in health and other sectors,” Prof Sharma said at the online lecture organized on July 31, 2021.
The lecture was part of the Science to Society programme organized by Indian Science Technology and Engineering facilities Map  supported by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt. of India, in association with IIT Delhi Alumni Association . This was the first lecture under the theme “Science to Society”.
“Connecting science to society can make S&T one of the strongest pillars for peace and development. Communication of science to society at large is a major challenge. Science needs to reach the masses so that it can be used as a major tool for peace and development. We must have a clear picture about what knowledge we are producing, the relevance of that knowledge, where the creators and takers of that knowledge would come from, the efforts to be made so that this knowledge is consumed, and the way through which it will reach the society to empower it,” he added.
Professor V Ramgopal Rao pointed out that there are many things happening in various institutions so that invention and innovation can go hand in hand to help science, technology, and innovation play its role in solving societal problems.
“What we have received from science in life, we are always eager to give it back to society and play our part in development and progress of the country as well as in solving societal problems,” said Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastava, EC, IITDAA.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Ministry of Home Affairs under directions of Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah has launched ‘CAPF Punarvaas’ through Welfare & Rehabilitation Board 
Portal will help retired Central Armed Police Force  and Assam Rifles personnel seeking re-employment with private security agencies to find appropriate match by uploading personal details on WARB website along with their area of expertise and preferred employment location
Welfare of CAPF personnel and their families has been one of the top priorities of Government led by Shri Narendra Modi
This initiative is a step towards welfare of CAPFs personnel and will go a long way in meeting their rehabilitation requirements
With an aim to facilitate retired Central Armed Police Force  and Assam Rifle personnel to secure employment with private security agencies, the Ministry of Home Affairs under the directions of the Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah has launched ‘CAPF Punarvaas’, through the Welfare & Rehabilitation Board . The portal will help retired personnel seeking re-employment to find an appropriate match by uploading their personal details on the WARB website along with their area of expertise and preferred employment location. The Ministry of Home Affairs also runs a portal under Private Security Agencies Regulation Act  for the registration of Private Security Agencies . Welfare of CAPF personnel and their families has been one of the top priorities of the Government led by Shri Narendra Modi.
Both websites have now been interlinked whereby the database of retired CAPFs personnel who have applied on ‘CAPF Punarvaas’ can be accessed by PSAs through PSARA website resulting in a single platform for both job seekers and job providers. This new initiative of Ministry of Home Affairs provides access to the data base under ‘CAPFs Punarvaas’ to PSAs digitally.
With the increase in the number of business establishments requiring security services, there has been a substantial growth of PSAs thereby increasing the requirement of security personnel. On the one hand, PSAs will benefit by accessing the database of retired and willing personnel of CAPFs who are well trained in providing security and other security related services; on the other hand this initiative will provide an electronic platform for retired CAPFs personnel to secure employment in PSAs.
This initiative is a step towards the welfare of CAPFs personnel and will go a long way in meeting their rehabilitation requirements.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Creation of Record for Highest Quantity of Bituminous Mix laid for road construction in 100 Hrs.
Adding one more jewel to the crown of records, India Book of Records have awarded certificates in respect of creation of record for Highest Quantity of Bituminous Mix laid for road construction in 100 Hrs. In a series of tweets Union Minister for Road Transport and highways Shri Nitin Gadkari informed that longest Length of Flexible Pavement  road construction in 100 Hrs was awarded to PNC Infratech Ltd.
The Minister said this incredible feat was achieved by PNC Infratech Ltd at the Construction of 8-Lane access-controlled expressway starting from junction with NH-47 near Bhamiya village and ending at junction with SH-175 in Baletiya village in Panchmahal district  section of Delhi-Vadodara Greenfield Alignment  on under #Bharatmala Pariyojna in the state of Gujarat.
Ministry of Defence
Visit of Admiral Karambir Singh Chief of the Naval Staff to Bangladesh 
Admiral Karambir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, ADC,Chief of the Naval Staff will be visiting Bangladesh from 21 to 24 September 2019. The visit is intended to consolidate and enhance the bilateral maritime relations between India and Bangladesh.
During his visit, the CNS will hold bilateral discussions with Adm Aurangzeb Chowdhury, Chief of the Naval Staff, Bangladesh Navy, Service Chiefs and other senior Government officials.
CNS will be conducted for a tour of the Khulna Shipyard Limited, BN naval bases in Chattogram and Khulna and will also address cadets at the Bangladesh Naval Academy . In addition, he will participate in the first anniversary celebration of Bangladesh Institute of Maritime Research and Development .
The Bangladesh Navy is an active member of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium  and is a member of all three working groups, viz Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief , Maritime Security and ‘Information Sharing and Interoperability’.
The Indian Navy regularly interacts with Bangladesh Navy through the medium of Staff Talks, Annual Defence Dialogue and other operational interactions which includes Port visits, Passage Exercises, Training, Ship Design and Ship Building cooperation besides regular participation by Indian Navy serving and retired officers in Victory Day Celebrations held in Bangladesh to commemorate ‘ Liberation War ‘ of 1971.